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Manchester United 5-2 Galatasaray Zlatan Ibrahimovic started his Manchester United career in spectacular fashion on Saturday as the ...

Manchester
United 5-2 Galatasaray

Zlatan Ibrahimovic started his Manchester United career in
spectacular fashion on Saturday as the Red Devils came from behind to defeat
Galatasaray 5-2 in a pre-season friendly in Gothenburg.

The Swedish striker, 34, scored the first goal of the match
after just four minutes with a bicycle kick as United got off to a quick start. Galatasaray were level 18 minutes later however through
Sinan Gumus.

The Turks threatened to spoil Ibrahimovic’s party when they
went in front in the 41st minute with a close-range Bruma effort from a Wesley
Sneijder freekick to take a 2-1 lead into the break.

United captain Wayne Rooney hauled his side level in the
55th minute off an Anthony Valencia cross. The England forward then handed
United a 3-2 lead from the penalty spot in the 58th minute after substitute
Marcus Rashford was brought down in the box following a brilliant run.

Jose Mourinho’s side opened a two-goal gap with a Marouane
Fellaini header in the 62nd minute, and then wrapped up the impressive win in
the 75th minute after Juan Mata started and finished a fine move.

The win offered some pre-season relief for United after they
lost 4-1 to Borussia Dortmund and had a clash with city rivals Manchester City
cancelled due to poor conditions.

Nigeria defender Efe Ambrose scored an own goal on Saturday
as Barcelona began their pre-season campaign with a 3-1 victory over Celtic in
their International Champions Cup fixture in Dublin.

Even with Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez in the Barca line-up,
it was the Scottish side that could have
taken the lead after just 15 seconds when Patrick Roberts capitalised on a
mistake in the Barcelona defence but his left-footed effort curled just wide of
the far post.

Barcelona soon made their opponents pay for that let-off as
they took the lead after 11 minutes with Aleix Vidal setting up Arda Turan to
find the top corner of the net from 25 yards.

However, Celtic did have their equaliser just before the
half-hour mark through Leigh Griffiths, who fired the ball into an empty net
after Jose Antonio Martinez had mis-controled the ball into his path.

Ambrose then scored an unfortunate own goal to put Barcelona
back ahead in the 31st minute when his effort to clear a dangerous Barcelona
cross ended in his own net.

Barcelona wrapped up the victory with Munir El Haddadi’s
goal in the 40th minute.

Real Madrid
3-2 Chelsea

A late brace from Eden Hazard could not prevent Chelsea
slumping to a 3-2 defeat to Real Madrid in their International Champions Cup clash
in Ann Arbor.

First-half goals from Marcelo (two) and Mariano Diaz set a
Madrid side missing the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema
and Toni Kroos on course for victory.

Asmir Begovic was called on to make a number of saves but he
was still beaten three times before the interval, with Madrid captain Marcelo
opening the scoring with a shot that took a huge deflection off Oscar.

Marcelo made it 2-0 in the 26th minute before the Brazil
full-back set up Mariano Diaz for Real’s third, the 22-year-old smashing a long-range
strike past Begovic.

Chelsea, for whom new signing N’Golo Kante and injured
striker Diego Costa did not feature, pulled a goal back with 10 minutes to go
through second-half substitute Hazard.

The Belgian then netted his second in stoppage time
following good work by another of the club’s summer signings, Michy Batshuayi,
but Madrid held on for the win.

Paris
Saint-Germain eased to a 4-0 win over Premier League champions Leicester City
as recruit Grzegorz Krychowiak made his debut.

Krychowiak,
an off-season signing from Sevilla, came on for the final half-hour as the
Ligue 1 champions cruised in the International Champions Cup clash at the
StubHub Center.

Edinson
Cavani struck from the penalty spot and Jonathan Ikone was also on the
scoresheet in the first half, before Lucas Moura and Odsonne Edouard came on to
complete the win.

It continued
an impressive pre-season for Unai Emery and Co., adding to wins over Inter and
Real Madrid.

Liverpool 2-0 AC Milan

Divock Origi
and Roberto Firmino gave Liverpool a 2-0 victory over AC Milan in their
International Champions Cup clash in California.

Jurgen
Klopp’s team bounced back from Wednesday’s defeat to Chelsea with a deserved
success over their Italian opponents at Santa Clara’s Levi’s Stadium.

Liverpool –
with James Milner playing at left-back – were on top in the first half, with
new signing Sadio Mane seeing plenty of the ball and almost setting up Philippe
Coutinho and Daniel Sturridge with crosses.

Striker
Sturridge also had a shot blocked before the break, while England team-mate
Adam Lallana shot over.

Firmino and
Origi were among the half-time substitutes – and Origi broke the deadlock in
the 59th minute, showing good footwork before cutting inside and shooting into
the far corner.

The Belgian
had another goal ruled out in the 71st minute for offside, before Firmino
doubled Liverpool’s lead two minutes later, sliding in at the far post to tap
in a deflected cross from substitute Sheyi Ojo.

The Reds take
on Barcelona at Wembley on Saturday, before opening their Premier League
campaign at Arsenal on August 14.